WTF are you even talking about? Maia was on a 7-fight win streak and the consensus no.1 contender when he fought Woodley. July 2017 official rankings:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170720232704/http://www.ufc.com/rankings
Till is the highest ranked fighter who is currently available to fight. UFC was going to book Woodley vs. Colby but Colby can't fight until end of year. All of Woodley's defenses were against top ranked WWs that were available, regardless of the amount of whining he does. This cherry picking narrative is bullshit.